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MA Museum and Heritage Development

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Full time | City Campus | 1 year | SEP

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Heritage Administration/Management

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Introduction:

This course embodies the dynamic evolution of the museum and heritage sector, emphasizing creativity, decolonization, and sustainability. You will graduate as an innovative scholar-practitioner with a global perspective, poised for diverse career paths. Beyond traditional skills, you will acquire business, leadership, and digital expertise.

Our uniqueness lies in blending scholarship and creative practice to address global challenges facing cultural institutions. Through transdisciplinary exploration, we engage with international and national entities, fostering critical thinking on issues like decolonization and social justice.

Our distinctive teaching methods include live projects, collaborative learning, and industry engagements, enhancing entrepreneurial and digital skills. The course empowers you to challenge norms and cultivate reflective practice, entrepreneurial prowess, and technological proficiency.

With an inclusive approach, partnerships, and placements with local and international organizations, you will not only be able to adapt to change but lead innovation in the dynamic landscape of museums and heritage.

The course, your placements and live projects will give you experience and skills that are highly valued by museums and the wider heritage industry employers. As well as museum curators, educators, and visitor service managers in museums and the heritage field, this course also provides the opportunity to work with and join a heritage consultancy company. Transferable skills also open opportunities in the charity sector and private industry, such as marketing and communications. Recent graduates (of our previous course, MA Museum and Heritage Management) have gone on to work for a wide range of museums and authorities including:

The National Trust;

English Heritage;

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council;

Museum database software suppliers;

Heritage Lottery Fund; and

local authorities and independent museums.

Modules

As part of a wider effort to remain relevant cultural institutions, the museums and heritage sector is developing more active and activist roles in contemporary life. This module explores the possibility of museums and heritage organisations as agents of civil engagement. It does this by focusing on interpretation as their defining, and ever diversifying, research outcome that makes things happen and makes a difference for society and its development. It specifically looks at digital means to tell new stories and engage a broader audience. The module further develops the creative practice skills and competencies established during Interpretation 1: Fieldwork.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£9,700

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,500

Entry requirements

You will need: a UK honours (minimum 2.2) degree or equivalent, in any subject area. Alternatively, recent practical experience with a professionally run museum or heritage organisation may be considered for applicants without the standard entry qualifications above. Applications from candidates with non-standard entry qualifications will be considered on an individual basis.

University information

NTU is one of the biggest and most popular universities in the UK offering a number of benefits for postgraduate students. The University offers a variety of taught postgraduate courses and a wide range of research degree options across their eight academic schools. There are many types of postgraduate study on offer including taught postgraduate courses, professional courses and research degrees. Whether you are looking to further your...more